Book contents
- Goethe in Context
- Goethe in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translations and List of Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Times
- Part II Literature
- Part III Art
- Chapter 15 Greek and Roman Art
- Chapter 16 Goethe’s Drawings
- Chapter 17 Goethe the Collector
- Chapter 18 Goethe and the Invention of the Weimar Landscape
- Part IV Philosophy and Science
- Part V World Cultures Inspiration and Reception
- Part VI Goethe’s Lasting Significance
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 15 - Greek and Roman Art
from Part III - Art
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 May 2024
- Goethe in Context
- Goethe in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Translations and List of Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Introduction
- Part I Life and Times
- Part II Literature
- Part III Art
- Chapter 15 Greek and Roman Art
- Chapter 16 Goethe’s Drawings
- Chapter 17 Goethe the Collector
- Chapter 18 Goethe and the Invention of the Weimar Landscape
- Part IV Philosophy and Science
- Part V World Cultures Inspiration and Reception
- Part VI Goethe’s Lasting Significance
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Chapter 15 details Goethe’s commitment to Greek and Roman art, demonstrating that it pervades all his activity, including his literary work. His interest was primed by his years as a student in Leipzig, but his Italian journey of 1786–8 was the turning point, for it enabled him to connect the theory which he had learned with his own creative practice. Moreover, Italy gave him access to both Roman and Greek heritage. The chapter also examines neoclassical tenets in Goethe’s writing on art and closes with an analysis of his characterisation of Winckelmann.
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- Goethe in Context , pp. 141 - 149Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024